The Germ Effect

When trying to call attention to the flaws of an opponent only to have your own flaws "outed" as a result of personal digging. Similar to the Streisand Effect in the legal community, the Germ Effect calls attention to yourself in an unwanted and unanticipated fashion. The phrase is derived from the great "2011 Yahoo Fantasy Football thread between 'Coach Germ' and 'Teddy Ruxpin.'"

Coach Germ tried to give me shit me for my 17th round pick, but upon taking a look at his team, his antics had "The Germ Effect" when it was discovered that he has 3 #4 wide receivers and 3 running backs who are time-shares.

by Chubby Ruxpin September 8, 2011

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germ questing

Purposely not wearing a mask in crowded/public places during a pandemic.

"Did you see that guy germ questing through the bread aisle"

by Gethmer September 24, 2020

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Home germs

The germs in your home, the ones you are well acquainted with.

Get your hands off your mouth you'll spread the Corona! Nah I won't these are my home germs I'm using.

by Chaosoftime10 March 18, 2020

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Germ Factory

A germ factory is a person that emits more germs than the amount of vapes an aussie 6 year old smokes.

You're dripping snot on your book you fukng germ factory.

by RectangleDysfunction May 14, 2025

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a Germ-X Percent

A fast and fun way of saying “99.99%”.

Coined from the “Germ-X” claim: “Effective at eliminating 99.99% of many common harmful germs and bacteria in as little is 15 seconds.”

I may not have finished it, but I at least got a Germ-X Percent done.

by BQ Atkin November 2, 2022

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